I express my sincere congratulations to Viet Nam, Estonia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the Niger and Tunisia on having begun their work in
the Security Council. I also join other countries in expressing appreciation for the work of Peru, Poland, Equatorial Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire and Kuwait dur…
At the High-level Forum on the Culture of Peace held on 13 September we commemorated the twentieth anniversary of the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace, the implementation and the follow-up of which we are assuring through draft resolution A/74/L.23, which Ecuador has the hon…
Ecuador associates itself with the statement read out by the observer of the State of Palestine on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. Ecuador reiterates its support and underlines the need to step up cooperation commitments towards the 32 Landlocked
Developing Countries around the world on their …
Allow me to begin by thanking the previous co-facilitators, Ambassadors Christian Braun of Luxembourg and Lana Zaki Nusseibeh of the United Arab Emirates, for their hard work and dedication during the previous session of intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform. I also especially wi…
My delegation thanks the President of the International Criminal Court, Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji, for his briefing (see A/74/PV.25) on the report of the Court on its activities during 2018 and 2019 (see A/74/324).
We also welcome the draft resolution on the report of the International Criminal Court …
First of all, I would like to thank Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, for presenting the report on the activities of the Court for the period from 1 August 2018 to 31 July 2019 (A/74/4).
One of the main objectives of the United Nations, as stated in the P…
Mr. President, our delegation welcomes the convening of today’s debate under the South African
presidency, and, especially, under your guidance. We wish to reiterate that the question of Palestine is an issue of ongoing importance for Ecuador. In this regard, we align ourselves with the statement m…
My delegation expresses its gratitude for the convening of this commemoration of the International Day against Nuclear Tests.
Ecuador is constitutionally bound to condemn the development, production, threat of use and use of nuclear weapons. In that regard, Ecuador also condemns, as it always has, …
I thank the Permanent Mission of Poland for convening this open debate. As we celebrate the tenth anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1882 (2009), we reaffirm the importance of monitoring prevention efforts, particularly in relation to the implementation of resolution 2427 (2018).
The situati…
Our delegation welcomes the convening of this debate under Peru’s presidency and wishes to reiterate that the question of Palestine is of vital importance to the international community and the Security Council, which bears the primary responsibility conferred on it to ensure prompt and effective ac…
Twenty-five years ago, 179 Government representatives met at a decisive point in the history of international cooperation. The International Conference
on Population and Development enjoyed considerable consensus, reflected in its Programme of Action, which addressed global issues, including equali…
My delegation is grateful for the convening of this meeting against the backdrop of your concept note, Mr. President, which was published on 28 June (S/2019/537, annex). We thank your delegation for maintaining, in the course of your presidency of the Security Council this month, a common thread wit…
I appreciate the convening of this plenary meeting on an issue of great importance that requires serious and thorough analysis by the General Assembly. I would also like to convey my gratitude, through the President, to the Secretary-General for his report on the responsibility to protect (А/73/898)…
We welcome the Assembly’s adoption today of resolution 73/300, establishing 21 June as the International Day of the Celebration of the Solstice. My country had the honour of promoting and facilitating the negotiations on the text. With the adoption of the resolution, we mark a new international mile…
My country is grateful to the President of the General Assembly for convening this meeting, which enables us to review our shared commitment to ending the HIV/ AIDS epidemic by 2030, as envisaged in the Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as well as to un…
We thank the Republic of Indonesia for convening this important debate. The protection of civilians in armed conflict must remain an overarching objective of the Security Council, along with the political will of the United Nations to implement international humanitarian law and human rights law.
M…
We are pleased that you, Mr. President, the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Indonesia — a country that has played an active role in peacekeeping missions since 1957 and is currently one of the largest troop-contributing countries — are presiding over this important debate on the theme “I…
My delegation is grateful for the convening of this meeting. We recall that the United Nations has reaffirmed the Security Council’s permanent responsibility
“with regard to the question of Palestine until the question is resolved in all its aspects in accordance with international law and relevant…
My delegation welcomes today’s first celebration of the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace. Ecuador, a founding Member of the United Nations, is convinced of the value of multilateralism as a central element in the life of the international community.
Our constitutional no…
The delegation of Ecuador thanks the German presidency for the timely convening of this open debate on the devastating problem of sexual violence in armed conflict. We are grateful to the Secretary-General and the briefers for their statements this morning. We would particularly like to recognize th…
